Dr. Stella T. Chou, MD
Chief, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Dr. Stella Chou is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Chief of the Division of Transfusion Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She practices both Pediatric Hematology and Transfusion Medicine with a particular interest in patients with sickle cell disease. Her work has demonstrated that inheritance of variant Rh antigens in patients with sickle cell disease and in Black donors contributes to Rh alloimmunization. Ongoing work focuses on RH genetic matching of red cells, integrating molecular technologies into clinical transfusion medicine practice and developing novel tools for blood banks. Her laboratory uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to create customized iPSCs with rare blood group antigen combinations and explores methods to enhance their use as renewable sources of red cells. Her goal is to identify new approaches to minimize alloimmunization, reduce complications and improve therapy.
